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Ray Lema

Ray Lema has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 21 episodes and was first played on 11 May 2015.

Ray Lema (born 1946 in Lufutoto) is a pianist, guitarist, and songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He worked on a National Ballet for Zaire, as it was then called, and in 1979 was invited to the United States by the Rockefeller Foundation. By 1989 he had international success signing with Island Records.

His initial training had been European classical music at a Catholic seminary where he had been planning to become a priest. His concert debut was Moonlight Sonata, but later…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Stranger In The New Light
Zazou, Nodland, Lema
Auxilio De Cientos1985
Stranger In The New Light
Zazou, Nodland, LemaAuxilio De Cientos1985
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Dansometer
Ray Lema
Celluloid1983
Dansometer
Ray LemaCelluloid1983
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Hut Of Fun
Ray Lema
Mango1990
Hut Of Fun
Ray LemaMango1990
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Tam Tam Pour L'Éthiopie (Part One)
Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Éthiopie feat. Touré Kunda, Ghetto Blaster, Mory Kanté, M'Bamina, Salif Keita, Souzy Kasseya, Manu Dibango, Ray Lema, King Sunny Ade
Zarjazz1985
Tam Tam Pour L'Éthiopie (Part One)
Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Éthiopie feat. Touré Kunda, Ghetto Blaster, Mory Kanté, M'Bamina, Salif Keita, Souzy Kasseya, Manu Dibango, Ray Lema, King Sunny AdeZarjazz1985
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Mister X
Ray Lema, Tyour Gnaoua
Tinder Records2001
Mister X
Ray Lema, Tyour GnaouaTinder Records2001
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N'Dila
Ray Lema
Mango1990
N'Dila
Ray LemaMango1990
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Zeyel Meyel Part I
Ray Lema, Tyour Gnaoua
Tinder Records2001
Zeyel Meyel Part I
Ray Lema, Tyour GnaouaTinder Records2001
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Tam Tam Pour L’Ethiopie
Manu Dibango, M'bamina, King Sunny Ade, Salif Keita, Touré Kunda, Mory Kante, Ghetto Blaster, Souzy Kasseya, Ray Lima
New Musical Express1985
Tam Tam Pour L’Ethiopie
Manu Dibango, M'bamina, King Sunny Ade, Salif Keita, Touré Kunda, Mory Kante, Ghetto Blaster, Souzy Kasseya, Ray LimaNew Musical Express1985
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Nzola
Ray Lema
Celluloid1985
Nzola
Ray LemaCelluloid1985
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Hut Of Fun
Ray Lema
Island Records, Mango1990
Hut Of Fun
Ray LemaIsland Records, Mango1990
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